So almost every day when I eat lunch I seem to be able to eat slightly more than the day before. After lunch each day I think to myself “David, there is no way you can fit more food into your stomach than what you’ve just managed to fit in there.” Then, the next day, I blow that theory out of the water. I’m seeing a pattern here.
Today, however, I am positive that I cannot each more tomorrow than I ate today, a few hours ago. Will I prove myself wrong? It’s difficult to imagine. It scares me a little bit.
Here’s a coupla pics of the family over dinner; this first one is my Mexican brother Raul, who enjoys eating as much as I do:
And here is my Mexican mother Lena and her mother, Senora Blancita:
And here is a little video of the family over lunch. Lena will tell you what she prepared…
For dessert we had a glass of really great Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. Lena (who has a habit of closing her eyes in pictures) and her mother had some champagne, which reminded me of my wife Erin. She has irregular bouts with cheap champagne obsessions. I miss her. Lena’s husband Raul is standing behind Lena in this one:
After this meal 95% of the blood in my body was redeployed to my stomach for digestive duties. I was weak with satiation. For this reason I walked three miles to the internet cafe downtown, which helped immensely. I am sure I burned off any excess caloric intake from lunch need to run a marathon to burn off todays lunch.
It is 8:42pm local time and I am waiting for my friends Nathan & Abby to get into town from Merida, which is an 18 hour drive from here. I think I’ll end this post here…
July 27, 2007 at 1:02 pm |
This is a great post. You could do some more of these of your host family and where you are staying. It is actually very interesting. Maybe some short video of other host families. I think people get very interested about what life is actually like while you’re there–at least I do. For instance, what does your room look like?
Love you
Erin
July 28, 2007 at 6:37 pm |
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